Cedar Point haunted attractions getting new names after complaints

National Alliance on Mental Illness said park promoted false stereotypes

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Cedar Point will have new names for two HalloWeekends attractions that drew complaints last year from mental health advocates.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness said Cedar Point promoted false stereotypes last Halloween by calling a haunted house “Dr. D. Menteds Asylum for the Criminally Insane” and a musical show “The Edge of Madness: Still Crazy.”

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